The Second Sun

Worm twists on a shimmering hook and streaks towards it's deadly splash backyard wedding, laughter echoes on the wings of a camera flash starlings find a telephone line to rest, review the day starlight prepares to greet the moon born milleniums away traveling whisper, undisturbed a million years in flight to catch the eye of desperate souls to spark a dream this night infants final cry is heard above the halted wind Stevie Nicks sends frozen love through the silent, somber din in a million years on a distant land our final light is done as the worm evades it's watery grave at the edge of the second Sun I rarely go back and revise a piece.I saw a line in this one I decided needed work and ended up making 3 or 4 changes. It has always been one of my personal favorites and represented a completely new direction at the time it was written.

Deckard

I began writing poetry when I was a teenager and it truly saved me from a destructive path. 'Time Heals' will be on my grave stone'. I have 3 incredible kids who are the greatest gifts that God has given me. If I have advice to give to aspiring...

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